First, I'll recap my first 2 weeks:
Week 1:
"I'm HUNGRY!!!" That's what I thought for the first couple of days of starting weight watchers. I had been given a target goal of 29 points to use each day. On top of those 29 daily target points, I am allowed an extra 49 weekly points. I was scared to use the extra 49 weekly points. I felt I HAD to stick with the 29 daily points, in which I did and still do, but it's OK to use those extra 49 points in order to treat your self. After about day 3 or 4, I started to notice I wasn't as hungry anymore! YAY, this might actually be working!! After the first week, I started to feel fuller quicker, and wasn't over eatting like I normally would! At the end of week one when I stepped on the scale at my weekly WW's meeting, the scale read a weight loss of 2 1/2 lbs!!! I was ECSTATIC! I kept thinking "holy crap, it's working! And I'm still eating what I what!! (Just not over doing it." They say that typical results for weight loss (if you're doing it healthily and correctly, is about 1 to 2 lbs. a week. I over set that amount at 2 1/2 lbs!! Now don't get me wrong, with developing better eating habits, I began to develop more of a fitness kick! I started hiking, doing 3 Zumba classes for an hour long each week, and the days I wasn't doing Zumba, I was walking/jogging on the treadmill for half an hour, along with lifting weights and doing ab workouts for strength training. Week one was a success!!
Week 2:
Ok, so going into week 2, I was on a fitness high! I continued to eat my 29 daily target points (and dabble into some of my 49 weekly points) as well as keep up the exercise. I even ate an ice cream cone that week (fat reduced of course!) but I was feeling good. This didn't feel like a diet, and it's not supposed to feel like a diet. If anything, during week 2, I started to realize how great an idea this WW's thing was! I'm still eating MOSTLY everything I want, but I'm making healthier decisions and watching my proportions. It's all about proportions!! By week 2 my stomach had shrank! Eating less and still getting full knowing I didn't over do my 29 daily points was so awesome! I can say that I do feel slightly guilty when I feel full even though I didn't go over my 29 daily points. I guess that's natural, because I'm associating that guilt with when I felt full from over eating. But I'm not over eating. It just doesn't take much for me to feel full anymore. I also realized how extremely important it is to make sure you're eatching 3 meals a day, ontop of snacking on healthy things in between meals. My snacks of choice are fruits! I've become a fruit finatic! I buy fruits every week now, especially pineapple and cut it up to eat for the next couple of days. You really can feel satisfied after eating fruit. And, the best part is, FRUITS ARE 0 POINTS!! I can have all the fruits and veggies that I want and not have to use my daily points, unless it's fruit that comes from a watery/syrupy can...etc. Anyway, at the end of week 2 when I stepped on the scale, I wasn't expecting to lose as much weight as I did in week 1, but when she told me I lost another 2 1/2 lbs, I was so excited!! That meant that in 2 weeks I had lost a total of 5 lbs!!! For every 5 lbs. you lose, you get a sticker. "A sticker?" Yep, a sticker! "Stickers are for kids!" Well, nope, not really. It felt nice being given something that you can place on record and show your accomplishment! So I stuck that sticker on my weekly tracking pamphlet. :)
So now it's up to week 3!
Week 3:
I felt like maybe I was slowing down a bit. Like I wasn't getting as much exercise in, although, I still was doing all the same workouts each day of the week. I also felt like I was starting to let my self eat a little bit more risky, but still stay within my 29 daily points. I have used about 11 of my extra 49 weekly points, so of course I've started to feel a bit guitly for that. But in my defense, there was a holiday this week. I still have yet to weight in, and I'm really anxious to see if I've lost some or stayed the same weight. But I weight in in about 20 minutes, so I will let you know my results as soon as I get back. Wish me luck!!
AND THE RESULT IS (drum roll): 3 1/2 lbs this week!!!!!!! :) :) :) :)
I'm SOOOO happy right now! That's a total weight loss of 8 1/2 lbs in 3 weeks!
Since I've started working out and eating healthier, I feel so much more happy and confident in myself, as well as feeling so much more physically happy. Before WW's, I used to get headaches every single day, and no amount of medicine would make the headaches go away. But since I've started WW and took control of my health, I hardly get headaches (knock on wood!). This has all been so successful, and I'm so proud of my self for finally stepping it up and doing something about myself! Hopefully everyone else that is unhappy with their apparence due to laziness or lack of control will be able to find that inner strength and just do it too. You won't be sorry!
This is a picture my husband took from Easter this past Sunday. I posted this picture in my Facebook Easter album, and I'm posting it here too. I have posted this picture because of the dress I'm wearing. I was unable to wear this dress in the past because it was way too tight around my waiste. It would make my love handles stick out a mile. But when I put this dress on the other day just to see, I was pleasently surprised to realize I hade quite a bit of wiggle room! How is that possible from just losing several pounds? I don't know, but all I know is that I was a happy camper! :)
Until next time...(that will be at the end of week 4)
